If you want to play e-mail admin, you have to learn the ropes. There is no way any one can do justice by explaining briefly how e-mail and SMPT works. I am sorry, I IMHO, if you are not experienced with an e-mail server and SMTP, you have no business using it. People/companies like you that want their own mail server but have no clue of all the work that goes on behind "Send Now" button make my job and those of others that much harder, what with misconfigurations, bad records, open relays, poor policies and so forth. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne James [mailto:wljames@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 2:40 PM > To: [ExchangeList] > Subject: [exchangelist] Newbie using Exchange > > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > Can anyone using a quick brief scenario explain to me what is envolved > with getting an exchange server to talk to the outside world. The issue > is I beleive I understand; I have built an exchange server BUT the big > piece that I was not a part of was dealing with the ISP and Primary DNS > Provider. > > Please Help > > ------------------------------------------------------ > List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist > Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp > Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ > ------------------------------------------------------ > Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: > Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com > No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org > Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ > Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ > Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com > ------------------------------------------------------